Noncompaction cardiomyopathy: The role of advanced multimodality imaging techniques in diagnosis and assessment

Echocardiography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 279-289

  Chebrolu, Lakshmi H ^a   Mehta, Anjlee M ^b   Nanda, Navin C ^c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac magnetic resonance; computed tomography; echocardiography; left ventricular noncompaction; noncompaction; three dimensional echocardiography; two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COLOR DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REVIEW; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART VENTRICLE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85008512205     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.13435     Document Type: Review

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